Several died the day the bomb was dropped. Some lived six months after the explosion but died anyway. They were all lost. It was so long ago, young man. To you it is a history story. To me it is my life.

I have been doing penance for that ever since.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing.

I became used to it. At that time, you are 18 years old. You don't think it's real. I was just trying to stay out of the way. The whole time I was in high school, I had gotten used to people paying a lot of attention to Laurens sports. They put a lot of things on my plate.

If this is Upper Silesia, what on earth must Lower Silesia be like?